Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...

Gavin Wang, a rising senior studying physics and mathematics, has been named a 2025 Astronaut Scholar by the Astronaut ...

Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

Last week the James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of what they believe to be a previously unknown exoplanet ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could ...

Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glare ...

A unique gas giant has been confirmed through global teamwork, offering insights into planetary formation and future ...

A team led by Tomas Stolker has discovered a young gas giant exoplanet orbiting a 12-million-year-old star, while its ...

NASA has confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized planet parked right in the “habitable zone” of a distant red dwarf star.

A planet that is snuggled up closely with its host star may be igniting colossal flares that strip it of its own mass.

An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Most of them orbit other stars, but some free-floating exoplanets, called ...